Solteaact

Road to the Constitution

By asung8
  • quartering act

    quartering act
    This forced colonist to british troops. It was to ensure would be feed and properly tended to. This frusted the colonists because it was against their will. In the B.O.R. the 3rd amendment is against forced quartering. This violated property and liberty.
  • declaratory acts

    declaratory acts
    This asserted the parliment had "hath, and right of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws." This British government saying this really mad the colonist angry. It encouraged them to take more charge. Its a reason the revolution started.
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre
    It was a little run in between colonists and Bristish troops that resulted in 5 colonists being kill. This led to a campaigne by speech writers and a town meeting demanded the British removal. They wanted a trial of the men for murder. The British violated their right to life.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    On December 16 1773 colonist dressed as Native Americans went tonto British ships and unloaded 45 tons of their tea into the harbor. Thus showing the British the colonist wouldn't tolerate the ridiculous taxing. It inferated the British causing the Intolerable Acts. This can also be considered a morale booster for the colonists to revolt.
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts
    5 vindictive acts passed by the british parliment after the Boston tea party. the acts were the quatering act, Boston port bill, administration of justice, Massachusetts government act, and the Quebec act. One of the things that outraged colonist most was they closed the /boston Harbor. It appointed Thomas Gage as the new British troop commander. It violated liberty.